Shane Lester and Bruce Ikeda had a long interview with HITSPAPER, creative portal web magazine. We talked about a bit of future possibility for the Lab too. (sorry it’s only in Japanese). シェーン・レスターとブルース・イケダが、HITSPAPERのロングインタビューを受けました。HIFANAのアルバム制作、W+K Tokyo Labの今後の可能性などについて話しています。 HITSPAPER

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HIFANA | 24 H

The newest album from Hifana, Japanese breakbeats duo who has impressed club and hip-hop audiences worldwide with their revolutionary live performance methods, entitled 24H, was released on 7.28.2010. With the concept of “one day, 24 hours,” starting in the waking hours, and going through the day and back to sleep, the album features 12 music+video tracks seamlessly connected into one master work of audio-visual animation and film, over 43 minutes long.

W+K Tokyo Lab has just launched an official mobile site on NTT Docomo, AU and SoftBank. W+K Lab Mobile features content based on the LAB’s work since its launch, including high quality “Kisekae” (Downloadable skin with multi layers and icons for mobile phones), “Machiuke Flash” downloadable screen savers) and original ring tones by LAB artist Hifana. The site will be updated regularly with various types of mobile contents. Stay tuned.

鎮座DOPENESS | 100%RAP

"Chinza Dopeness", the exceptionally talented MC who has attracted an eclectic group of core fans with his freestyle performance and the impossible-to-imitate linguistic senses and skills, which won him the nickname ‘alien rapper’. This debut album, filled with Chinza’s chameleon-like musical talents, bluesy feeling, and original flow & rhyme was released on 9/16, 2009.

Jemapur | Evacuation

The eleventh release from W+K Tokyo Lab is our new artist Jemapur’s 2nd album, Evacuation, CD+DVD released November 2008.

To celebrate our 5th anniversary, we presented our 10th release, a hybrid package including a DVD + Book + Blog on July 16th 2008.

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Wieden+Kennedy Tokyo Lab is a new music label concept launched by Wieden+Kennedy Tokyo in 2003. Embracing the concept of hybrid, our mission is to bring new experiences that can only be created in Tokyo Through a unique global mix of music, visuals, and other forms of creative expression through a DVD and CD. W+K Tokyo Lab is all about being in Tokyo now, using the power of the city to attract the most innovative creative collaborators from around the world. We are passionate about the development of new ideas with our creators and connecting them to a new audience. Simply put, it is about good music, fresh visuals, and new concepts of creative expression.